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The Current Dilemma Greece continues its attempts at restructuring and civil unrest threatens, Spain’s unemployment continues to rise to unprecedented levels, and France is straining under labor unrest. An example of the struggle to squeeze every source for more revenue is a proposal in Hungary late last year Hungary Solicits the Chinese? European Union member...
Whats-Hot-or-Not Periodically we will publish our picks. Stocks that we like are “Hot” and listed below. Stocks not considered hot are removed. Whats-Hot-or-Not Buy Scorpio Mining Corporation (SPM on the TSX) Scorpio Mining Corporation (SPM) This is a company that has had difficulties. Scorpio Mining is an exploration and mining company listed on the Toronto...
Libertarians are fiercely anti-government. They believe there should be no rules of commercial conduct and that every person should have the right to conduct themselves as he/she wishes. They believe that wrongful acts by anyone will result in actions by others to mitigate against those wrong acts. Just let people do what people do. Republicans...
Whats-Hot-or-Not We begin a new series today. Periodically we will publish our picks and track those picks. Whats-Hot-or-Not Buy the E Mini S&P 500 (ES – CME) June 2013 $1,496.75, or IYY ETF. They track the Dow which hit a historic high yesterday. Both the ES & the IYY are inexpensive and easy ways to...
An Interesting Commentary on How Investment Decisions Are Made The following is a reprint of an article that goes into some detail on how investment decisions are made. It seems appropriate today. It is a bit long and a bit wordy, but investors should always be better investors if they understand what prompts their own...
A Human is Just That – A Human Humans are always searching for the ‘leader’ who will inspire and lead his followers to riches and success. There is a belief that someone else exists that knows more than we do, and if we follow that person, we will bathe in his success and share his...
An Examination of China’s Reality as Compared to Media Reports The information coming out of China continues to confuse and obstruct what is truly important, which is the gradual improvement in economic numbers coming out of the US. The US is the economic engine of the world, and as the US recovers, so does the...
Today we reprint portions of a column from John Mauldin, How To Benefit From The Fiscal Cliff Pork Barrels By John Mauldin | January 17, 2013 In all of the emotional wrangling over the Fiscal Cliff, politicians may posture in front of the microphones, but behind the scenes, they calmly go about their business of...
The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA) Also called the “Dow Jones Transports”, the DJTA is a U.S. stock market index from Dow Jones Indexes of the transportation sector, and is the most widely recognized gauge of the American transportation sector. It is the oldest stock index still in use. This index hit its height of importance when railways across America hit their...
We have often remarked on how the USA will lead the recovery and that the next economic cycle will make its way through the doom and gloom in today’s market. We now have visible evidence that this is starting to happen. European Debt Crisis Pundits continue to insist that the EU (European Economic Union) must...